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Pro-warming Romney has sham slam on McCain

Think Progress has the whole story, but I’ll repeat it here, since, tragically, it may represent the shape of things to come in climate politics for many years, making it hard for Republicans to do the moral thing on climate:

Last weekend, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) slammed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for supporting “radical climate change legislation,” and “pushing for a massive new energy tax.” Romney is using an anti-environment front group, the American Environmental Coalition (AEC) to attack McCain. Last week, AEC co-chair George Landrith, said

When it comes to climate change, John McCain and Al Gore are far too much alike for my comfort. John McCain has been sponsoring legislation for the past several years that would give Al Gore much of the regulatory control and power he sought when he and Bill Clinton tried to get America to sign on to the UN’s Kyoto global warming treaty….

When listening to John McCain, it would seem that evangelicals should remember the biblical warning found in St. Matthew 7:15 to “beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

Sad. And quoting the Bible, too! [Note to Romney/AEC — You need a more plausible metaphor: McCain may be many things, but he’s no sheep.]

And as Think Progress progress explains, “AEC is closely tied to the Romney campaign — something Landrith apparently didn’t think to disclose.” AEC’s member rolls reveals the multiple links to the Romney campaign: